⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Mavericks got 12 points ahead of the pace we expected in the fourth quarter. A much higher scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ DAL better than we expected
▼ NO better than we expected
The fourth quarter was where it moved most, 8 points better than our numbers for the Mavericks.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Mavericks won, and why the Pelicans did not.
From the game
Made 25 threes to their seventeen- Shot well above their usual, 25 of 45 from three
- Burned in transition, 8 fast break points to 21
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Mavericks
Good plays
- 8-0 run
A 8-0 run stretched a 4-point lead to 12
Q4 10:57 · DAL 116-104 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
Pelicans
Good plays
- 9-0 run
A 9-0 run took them from 5 down to 4 up
Q1 6:29 · DAL 21-25 NO
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| DAL | NO | |
|---|---|---|
| 58% | Shooting from the field | 53% |
| 25 | Threes made | 17 |
| 56% | Three-point accuracy | 46% |
| 16 | Free throws made | 17 |
| 45 | Rebounds | 45 |
| 5 | Offensive rebounds | 9 |
| 30 | Assists | 31 |
| 42 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 8 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 7 | Points off turnovers | 13 |
| 6 | Turnovers | 10 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 2 | Blocks | 3 |
